Figure 1From: Late initiation of renal replacement therapy is associated with worse outcomes in acute kidney injury after major abdominal surgeryApproach to gathering and selecting patients. aA 44-year-old male received kidney transplantation prior to RRT. bA 85-year-old female whose hospital course is extremely long (727 days from RRT initiation to death, comparing to mean period of 34.3 ± 27.6 days in other 98 patients). ICU = intensive care unit; RRT = renal replacement therapy.Back to article page